Paragraph 1 Seed OrchardsI1

The Department shall approve the type, objective, crossing design and field layout, components, isolation and location of the seed orchard.

The component clones or families shall be selected for their outstanding characters and the Department shall assess them in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 1 to 10 of Schedule 3, giving particular weight to those requirements set out in paragraphs 4 and 6 to 10.

The component clones or families shall be planted according to a plan approved by the Department and shall be established in such a way that each component can be identified.

In the case of a seed orchard intended for the production of an artificial hybrid, the percentage of hybrids in the reproductive material must be determined by a verification test the methodology of which shall be approved in writing by the Department.